{"id":3873,"date":"2011-02-13T09:32:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T08:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/3873-intel-disappointed-with-nokias-microsoft-move-still-backing-meego.html"},"modified":"2011-02-13T09:32:11","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T08:32:11","slug":"intel-disappointed-with-nokias-microsoft-move-still-backing-meego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/3873-intel-disappointed-with-nokias-microsoft-move-still-backing-meego.html","title":{"rendered":"Intel disappointed with Nokia\u2019s Microsoft move, still backing MeeGo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Intel\u2019s Suzy Ramirez has <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.intel.com\/technology\/2011\/02\/intel_and_meego.php\" target=\"_blank\">posted<\/a> about the future of MeeGo Linux following Nokia\u2019s decision to base its smartphone strategy on Microsoft\u2019s Windows Phone operating system. Nokia was Intel\u2019s key partner for MeeGo, which was formed by merging Intel\u2019s Moblin with Nokia\u2019s Maemo.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Although Nokia has been an important partner to Intel and MeeGo and we are disappointed by this decision, it\u2019s important to know that this is by no means the end of MeeGo or the end to Intel\u2019s commitment<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>says Ramirez, adding that \u201cMeeGo is not just a phone OS\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>True; but with the focus also moved <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/3810-meego-nogo-things-look-bad-for-the-intelnokia-linux-project.html\" target=\"_blank\">away from netbooks<\/a> it is getting hard to see where MeeGo will have an opportunity to shine.<\/p>\n<p>Intel promises to outline its mobile strategy this week at Mobile World Congress. I will be reporting from Barcelona in due course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intel\u2019s Suzy Ramirez has posted about the future of MeeGo Linux following Nokia\u2019s decision to base its smartphone strategy on Microsoft\u2019s Windows Phone operating system. Nokia was Intel\u2019s key partner for MeeGo, which was formed by merging Intel\u2019s Moblin with Nokia\u2019s Maemo. Although Nokia has been an important partner to Intel and MeeGo and we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/3873-intel-disappointed-with-nokias-microsoft-move-still-backing-meego.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Intel disappointed with Nokia\u2019s Microsoft move, still backing MeeGo<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,52,56,59,67],"tags":[486,576,586,642],"class_list":["post-3873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intel","category-linux","category-mobile","category-nokia","category-professional","tag-intel","tag-meego","tag-microsoft","tag-nokia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}